Plymouth Superbird, owned by Richard Petty for more than 30 years, is being offered through Mecum Auctions on January 18.
"To keep the car under him for 10 races in a row and ... Petty won nine races in 61 starts, the most in NASCAR history that year. Richard Petty was voted the Most Popular Driver nine times.
Not bad for a guy who made only $760 his first year of racing. Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty ...
Richard Petty's light blue 1970 Superbird will be part of the presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C. Petty, who is ...
He came back to racing in NASCAR just a year later ... rally. Richard Petty is a man of many talents, and he hasn’t been far from the acting scene either. In the Pixar movie CARS, he voiced ...
Richard Petty and Legacy Motor Club embrace a fresh start with a switch to Toyota for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series.